Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
@bradford2025.co.uk
Your UK City of Culture. A thrilling year of culture, creativity and the arts – It starts here.
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What a year we've had as UK City of Culture! 5,000 events, 3 million people in audiences, 650 local artists & organisations and 87,000 people taking part 💛💚🩷
A special thank you to all the residents of Bradford who have come together to make this year such a huge success 🫂
https://bit.ly/45ka7ag
A special thank you to all the residents of Bradford who have come together to make this year such a huge success 🫂
https://bit.ly/45ka7ag
Join Matthew from our team as he takes part in a volunteer day with Participate Projects, Bradford 2025 Staff and National Lottery Community Fund to give the amazing MAPA Cultural Arts Centre a fresh look! 🧑🎨
With huge thanks to NLCF for their brilliant support making our year of culture possible!
With huge thanks to NLCF for their brilliant support making our year of culture possible!
January 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Join Matthew from our team as he takes part in a volunteer day with Participate Projects, Bradford 2025 Staff and National Lottery Community Fund to give the amazing MAPA Cultural Arts Centre a fresh look! 🧑🎨
With huge thanks to NLCF for their brilliant support making our year of culture possible!
With huge thanks to NLCF for their brilliant support making our year of culture possible!
What a year we've had as UK City of Culture! 5,000 events, 3 million people in audiences, 650 local artists & organisations and 87,000 people taking part 💛💚🩷
A special thank you to all the residents of Bradford who have come together to make this year such a huge success 🫂
https://bit.ly/45ka7ag
A special thank you to all the residents of Bradford who have come together to make this year such a huge success 🫂
https://bit.ly/45ka7ag
December 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
What a year we've had as UK City of Culture! 5,000 events, 3 million people in audiences, 650 local artists & organisations and 87,000 people taking part 💛💚🩷
A special thank you to all the residents of Bradford who have come together to make this year such a huge success 🫂
https://bit.ly/45ka7ag
A special thank you to all the residents of Bradford who have come together to make this year such a huge success 🫂
https://bit.ly/45ka7ag
Yes yes Bradford! Tomorrow will be Brighter Still 🌅
Thousands of you joined us in Myrtle Park on the two longest nights of the year for an epic gathering 🔥
This show was made from Bradford spirit 💛💚🩷
🎥 Created By Story
Thousands of you joined us in Myrtle Park on the two longest nights of the year for an epic gathering 🔥
This show was made from Bradford spirit 💛💚🩷
🎥 Created By Story
December 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yes yes Bradford! Tomorrow will be Brighter Still 🌅
Thousands of you joined us in Myrtle Park on the two longest nights of the year for an epic gathering 🔥
This show was made from Bradford spirit 💛💚🩷
🎥 Created By Story
Thousands of you joined us in Myrtle Park on the two longest nights of the year for an epic gathering 🔥
This show was made from Bradford spirit 💛💚🩷
🎥 Created By Story
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Superb show to close off @bradford2025.co.uk
The whole year has been fantastic!
The whole year has been fantastic!
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Superb show to close off @bradford2025.co.uk
The whole year has been fantastic!
The whole year has been fantastic!
December 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Next Tuesday, the mighty Bantams take on Port Vale ⚽
We met in 1925 - the year Stoke-on-Trent became a city... and now 100 years on it's time for the UK City of Culture to meet The Centenary City!
BFD 🔛 🔝
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Next Tuesday, the mighty Bantams take on Port Vale ⚽
We met in 1925 - the year Stoke-on-Trent became a city... and now 100 years on it's time for the UK City of Culture to meet The Centenary City!
BFD 🔛 🔝
💛💚🩷
The Centenary City vs The UK City of Culture | Port Vale FC
www.port-vale.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Next Tuesday, the mighty Bantams take on Port Vale ⚽
We met in 1925 - the year Stoke-on-Trent became a city... and now 100 years on it's time for the UK City of Culture to meet The Centenary City!
BFD 🔛 🔝
💛💚🩷
Next Tuesday, the mighty Bantams take on Port Vale ⚽
We met in 1925 - the year Stoke-on-Trent became a city... and now 100 years on it's time for the UK City of Culture to meet The Centenary City!
BFD 🔛 🔝
💛💚🩷
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Christmas card!!
@bradford2025.co.uk @bradfordmusicscene.bsky.social
@bbc6music.bsky.social
#synthpop #electropop #synthfunk #sophistipop #electro #perfectpop #altpop #bradfordmusicscene #bradford #bradfordelectroscene
@bradford2025.co.uk @bradfordmusicscene.bsky.social
@bbc6music.bsky.social
#synthpop #electropop #synthfunk #sophistipop #electro #perfectpop #altpop #bradfordmusicscene #bradford #bradfordelectroscene
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Really proud to have edited the music for the amazing 'Painting the Sky' Hockney drone event for @bradford2025.co.uk @bradfordmusicscene.bsky.social . Thanks to @jennyjetharris.bsky.social, Laura Beddows and the rest of the team there. Great event!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVC...
Painting the Sky - 13 November 2025
YouTube video by Bradford 2025
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Really proud to have edited the music for the amazing 'Painting the Sky' Hockney drone event for @bradford2025.co.uk @bradfordmusicscene.bsky.social . Thanks to @jennyjetharris.bsky.social, Laura Beddows and the rest of the team there. Great event!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVC...
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We’re on the telly! Our mass Wuthering event from the summer is featured in the BBC’s Dance Passion Bradford programme, available now on iplayer. You’ll find me and 500 Kates at the end 💃 @bradford2025.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - Dance Passion, Dance Passion Bradford
Dancers take over the city and countryside to celebrate the joy of dance.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We’re on the telly! Our mass Wuthering event from the summer is featured in the BBC’s Dance Passion Bradford programme, available now on iplayer. You’ll find me and 500 Kates at the end 💃 @bradford2025.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
PAINTING THE SKY - THURSDAY 7PM! 🎨 🌌
Due to exceptional demand there will be an additional show of Painting the Sky, our spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking place in Saltaire on Thurs 13 Nov at 7pm!
🔗 https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/
Due to exceptional demand there will be an additional show of Painting the Sky, our spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking place in Saltaire on Thurs 13 Nov at 7pm!
🔗 https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
PAINTING THE SKY - THURSDAY 7PM! 🎨 🌌
Due to exceptional demand there will be an additional show of Painting the Sky, our spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking place in Saltaire on Thurs 13 Nov at 7pm!
🔗 https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/
Due to exceptional demand there will be an additional show of Painting the Sky, our spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking place in Saltaire on Thurs 13 Nov at 7pm!
🔗 https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/
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Lighting up the town: 'BD is LIT' last night was wonderful! @bradford2025.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Lighting up the town: 'BD is LIT' last night was wonderful! @bradford2025.co.uk
📣 Just announced: Painting the Sky
Painting the Sky is a spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking his work out of the gallery and into the Saltaire skies.
Full information is at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/
Painting the Sky is a spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking his work out of the gallery and into the Saltaire skies.
Full information is at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 Just announced: Painting the Sky
Painting the Sky is a spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking his work out of the gallery and into the Saltaire skies.
Full information is at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/
Painting the Sky is a spectacular celebration of Bradford-born artist David Hockney, taking his work out of the gallery and into the Saltaire skies.
Full information is at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/painting-the-sky/
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Claret and Amber Sky, Bradford, painting by Jane Fielder. View over Bradford City's Valley Parade ground. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Claret and Amber Sky, Bradford, painting by Jane Fielder. View over Bradford City's Valley Parade ground. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
It's November! This month comedian, actor and artist Johnny Vegas wants you to draw something that makes you happy.
Share your drawings by tagging us, using #Bradford2025, or visiting bradford2025.co.uk/draw where you can see Johnny's drawing 💛💚🩷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4_g...
Share your drawings by tagging us, using #Bradford2025, or visiting bradford2025.co.uk/draw where you can see Johnny's drawing 💛💚🩷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4_g...
DRAW! Something that makes you happy - Johnny Vegas
YouTube video by Bradford 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's November! This month comedian, actor and artist Johnny Vegas wants you to draw something that makes you happy.
Share your drawings by tagging us, using #Bradford2025, or visiting bradford2025.co.uk/draw where you can see Johnny's drawing 💛💚🩷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4_g...
Share your drawings by tagging us, using #Bradford2025, or visiting bradford2025.co.uk/draw where you can see Johnny's drawing 💛💚🩷
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4_g...
Bradford 2025’s Our Story Our City at Yarn Studios paired portraits from 1999 and 2025, capturing life across Bradford’s postcodes. Free Our Patch events continue — see link in bio.
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Bradford 2025’s Our Story Our City at Yarn Studios paired portraits from 1999 and 2025, capturing life across Bradford’s postcodes. Free Our Patch events continue — see link in bio.
Our Patch is bringing free creative workshops to communities across Bradford 🎨
In Bradford South, families at Reevy Hill Community Centre have been painting a colourful mural celebrating everything they can do there.
See what’s coming up next — link in bio.
In Bradford South, families at Reevy Hill Community Centre have been painting a colourful mural celebrating everything they can do there.
See what’s coming up next — link in bio.
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our Patch is bringing free creative workshops to communities across Bradford 🎨
In Bradford South, families at Reevy Hill Community Centre have been painting a colourful mural celebrating everything they can do there.
See what’s coming up next — link in bio.
In Bradford South, families at Reevy Hill Community Centre have been painting a colourful mural celebrating everything they can do there.
See what’s coming up next — link in bio.
Absolutely superb work
October 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Absolutely superb work
We’ve loved seeing all your photos (and sketches) from Wild Uplands 🌿
Did you know you can still explore it from home?
Visit Wild Uplands Digital to experience the sounds, stories and landscapes wherever you are.
👉 Explore now via the link in bio.
Credit: Gavin Reid
Did you know you can still explore it from home?
Visit Wild Uplands Digital to experience the sounds, stories and landscapes wherever you are.
👉 Explore now via the link in bio.
Credit: Gavin Reid
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We’ve loved seeing all your photos (and sketches) from Wild Uplands 🌿
Did you know you can still explore it from home?
Visit Wild Uplands Digital to experience the sounds, stories and landscapes wherever you are.
👉 Explore now via the link in bio.
Credit: Gavin Reid
Did you know you can still explore it from home?
Visit Wild Uplands Digital to experience the sounds, stories and landscapes wherever you are.
👉 Explore now via the link in bio.
Credit: Gavin Reid
Bradford 2025’s Our Patch workshops are free and open to everyone — no experience needed.
The latest Repair Patch explored crochet and weaving at the Oneness Centre, with more sessions popping up across Bradford this winter.
📸 Karol Wyksynski
The latest Repair Patch explored crochet and weaving at the Oneness Centre, with more sessions popping up across Bradford this winter.
📸 Karol Wyksynski
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Bradford 2025’s Our Patch workshops are free and open to everyone — no experience needed.
The latest Repair Patch explored crochet and weaving at the Oneness Centre, with more sessions popping up across Bradford this winter.
📸 Karol Wyksynski
The latest Repair Patch explored crochet and weaving at the Oneness Centre, with more sessions popping up across Bradford this winter.
📸 Karol Wyksynski
♻️ REPLAY is now open! REPLAY is a recycled playground without limits - come and play in a space built entirely from reused materials, repurposed for fun!
Sessions for early years, and older children at Damart, Bingley
🔗 Find out more at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/replay/
📸 Karol Wyszynski
Sessions for early years, and older children at Damart, Bingley
🔗 Find out more at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/replay/
📸 Karol Wyszynski
October 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
♻️ REPLAY is now open! REPLAY is a recycled playground without limits - come and play in a space built entirely from reused materials, repurposed for fun!
Sessions for early years, and older children at Damart, Bingley
🔗 Find out more at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/replay/
📸 Karol Wyszynski
Sessions for early years, and older children at Damart, Bingley
🔗 Find out more at https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/replay/
📸 Karol Wyszynski
Director Javaad Alipoor saw something of Bradford in Fiona Mozley’s, Elmet — a story of family, revenge and the ultimate price of freedom
The Javaad Alipoor Company brings that vision to life at Loading Bay.
Music: The Unthanks
Elmet, Loading Bay
22 Oct–2 Nov.
Tickets available via link in bio.
The Javaad Alipoor Company brings that vision to life at Loading Bay.
Music: The Unthanks
Elmet, Loading Bay
22 Oct–2 Nov.
Tickets available via link in bio.
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Director Javaad Alipoor saw something of Bradford in Fiona Mozley’s, Elmet — a story of family, revenge and the ultimate price of freedom
The Javaad Alipoor Company brings that vision to life at Loading Bay.
Music: The Unthanks
Elmet, Loading Bay
22 Oct–2 Nov.
Tickets available via link in bio.
The Javaad Alipoor Company brings that vision to life at Loading Bay.
Music: The Unthanks
Elmet, Loading Bay
22 Oct–2 Nov.
Tickets available via link in bio.
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This exhibition was so good - www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... @bradford2025.co.uk
‘An unseen side of Black Britain’: memories of 1980s Bradford – in pictures
Pinball, boomboxes and vintage cars! Victor Wedderburn’s photographs capture the joys – and struggles – of the era for the city’s immigrant communities
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This exhibition was so good - www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... @bradford2025.co.uk
As the sun sets over Penistone Hill, we say 'good night' to Wild Uplands.
Thank you to everyone who walked the moors, shared in the stories, and brought this landscape to life.
#Bradford2025 #WildUplands
Credit: Shanaz Gulzar
Thank you to everyone who walked the moors, shared in the stories, and brought this landscape to life.
#Bradford2025 #WildUplands
Credit: Shanaz Gulzar
October 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As the sun sets over Penistone Hill, we say 'good night' to Wild Uplands.
Thank you to everyone who walked the moors, shared in the stories, and brought this landscape to life.
#Bradford2025 #WildUplands
Credit: Shanaz Gulzar
Thank you to everyone who walked the moors, shared in the stories, and brought this landscape to life.
#Bradford2025 #WildUplands
Credit: Shanaz Gulzar
All this year our amazing Our Patch producers have been running DRAW workshops to get as many people drawing as possible, supported by David Hockney.
Find your next workshop: https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/the-draw-tour-october-workshops/
📸 Karol Wyszynski
Find your next workshop: https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/the-draw-tour-october-workshops/
📸 Karol Wyszynski
October 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
All this year our amazing Our Patch producers have been running DRAW workshops to get as many people drawing as possible, supported by David Hockney.
Find your next workshop: https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/the-draw-tour-october-workshops/
📸 Karol Wyszynski
Find your next workshop: https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/the-draw-tour-october-workshops/
📸 Karol Wyszynski